Sixty patients in the Physical Therapy Clinic at the University of Health Sciences of Alagoas, of both sexes with a clinical diagnosis of SIS, according to the criteria of Neer. Included will be those with a diagnosis of injury to one or more rotator cuff tendons, with pain for three months or more, ranging from 3 to 8, based on visual analogic scale(VAS) ranging from 0 to 10. Hawkins' test and Neer positive and aged between 18 and 65. The presence of total rupture of the long head of biceps, and associated rheumatic shoulder surgery represented exclusion criteria. After approval by the IRB (1019/08) were prepared sealed envelopes, to maintain the secrecy of allocation, and the patients were divided into control and experimental group and evaluated by a blind assessor, at the initial time (T0), after 45 days of treatment (T45) and 90 days of treatment (T90). The shoulder will be assessed in the degree of active motion for flexion, extension, medial and lateral rotation and abduction, with the patient in standing position using manual goniometer. To determine the movement of flexion and extension, the upper limb was positioned in the sagittal plane, goniometer along the mid-axillary line of the trunk and the axle in the humeral head. The movable arm of the goniometer was placed over the body surface of the humerus toward the lateral epicondyle. Abduction to the fixed arm of the goniometer was positioned over the posterior axillary line of the trunk, aligned with the blade and the moving arm was placed on the posterior surface of the arm along the longitudinal axis of the humerus. The medial and lateral rotation was accomplished by positioning the shoulder in abduction of 90 degrees, the axle of the goniometer positioned on the olecranon and the movable arm along the axis of the forearm.